Along with Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University and Highline College, the University of Washington has issued a proclamation declaring this week, May 14–May 18, as Affordable Housing Week. View President Cauce’s proclamation here and read more here about the combined efforts of the participating institutions and host organization, the Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County.
Category: Community News & Events
Current news and events happening on campus and in the community designed to improve quality of life and foster economic vitality.
City of Bellevue selected for University of Washington’s Livable City Year program
“The University of Washington Livable City Year program has selected the City of Bellevue to be the community partner for the 2018-2019 academic year. Staff and representatives from the University of Washington will present information about the city’s participation in the program during tonight’s City Council Study Session.
The year-long partnership connects city staff with students and faculty who will collaborate on projects to advance the Bellevue City Council Vision Priorities, specifically around livability and sustainability.”
Read more here.
Husky Neighborhood Interns and Volunteers in Action
Husky Neighborhood Interns have been busy this winter organizing events to serve the community and foster interactions between students and local residents. A cleanup held on January 15 as part of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service focused on tidying up streets north of 45th and involved 47 volunteers! Thanks to everyone who volunteered!
On February 3, the Husky Neighborhood Interns hosted a food drive, collecting donations bound for the University District Food Bank. The drive yielded over 34 bags of food and several boxes of baby supplies.
See additional photos and read more about both events on their FB page.
CUCAC Meeting Agenda, February 2018
Provided here is notification that the City of Seattle/University of Washington Community Advisory Committee (CUCAC) will hold its next meeting.
Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Location: UW Tower
4333 Brooklyn Avenue, 22nd Floor
Seattle, WA 98105
Please see the agenda here. This link will take you to a presentation about this July’s 2018 Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle.
UW, community partners launch Doorway Project to help homeless youth
Seattle’s crisis in unsheltered homelessness is evident most days in the University District as too many young people find themselves without shelter, jobs and other support. Thanks to Washington State House Speaker Frank Chopp, committed community partners, passionate students and innovative faculty, UW launched a new effort this past Sunday to get more homeless young people connected to services. Called the Doorway Project, the effort looks to make services accessible for homeless young people who for whatever reason aren’t connected to shelter, food, medical care and case management. The idea is to create pop-up events over the course of this academic year, learn what works and possibly launch a homeless services navigation center in the U District grounded in lessons from the Doorway Project.
The first pop-up event this past Sunday attracted dozens of homeless young people for food, free winter clothing and mapping of the U District from their eyes. In this context, mapping means identifying where they see help and where they see threats. Over the course of four hours, 67 vouchers for free food were used. You can read more about the project here.